The Chain House makes a cult leader’s lost manuscript the key to a rescue

J. H. Markert’s horror thriller begins days before a cult leader’s execution, when he claims to be the anonymous author of a bestselling series.

Crooked Lane Books publishes J. H. Markert’s The Chain House on October 6. Days before his execution, cult leader Sal Batise tells a young filmmaker that he is Mallard Malone, the anonymous writer behind a bestselling thriller series. He promises to reveal the final unpublished manuscript, which may hold evidence that

could locate his victims. At the same time, a ransom note demands that Batise’s execution proceed to save a kidnapped governor’s wife. The book follows the filmmaker and a survivor of Batise’s cult as they search for the manuscript and confront their connections to him. The publisher lists hardcover, paperback and

ebook editions. Official source. Headline image: Penguin Random House / Crooked Lane Books.

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